Collaborative Biosecurity Research Initiative Launched to Target Animal and Public Health Threats Nationally

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OLATHE, Kan., Jan. 15 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The Kansas Bioscience
Authority has launched a $2.5 million initiative to bring together
researchers nationwide to create products that protect Americans from the
intentional use of animal-borne diseases to disrupt the national economy or
to infect humans.

The goals of the new Collaborative Biosecurity Research Initiative
(CBRI) are to support interinstitutional research to: (1) develop
countermeasures for foreign-animal diseases; (2) provide advanced test and
evaluation capability for threat detection, vulnerability, and
countermeasure assessment for animal and zoonotic diseases; (3) support
licensure of vaccine countermeasures through essential animal-model testing
and evaluation; and (4) strengthen biosecurity capabilities of institutions
serving certain regions and populations, such as students underrepresented
in biosecurity research.

Agricultural and food infrastructure is a key component of U.S.
economic productivity and growth, accounting for 12 percent of the nation's
gross domestic product ($1.24 trillion) and representing one in six jobs in
direct or related employment.

KBA president Tom Thornton said a deliberate assault, such as a
terrorist attack, or a natural outbreak, could damage the public trust in
agricultural safety and the national ability to provide food and other
agricultural products.

"We're issuing a call today for the nation's brightest researchers to
partner with us to protect public health and safeguard the agriculture
economy," Thornton said. "Our facilities are highly specialized and
world-class, and our scientists are doing world-class research. Now is the
time for collaboration to take on this important national challenge."

The CBRI will introduce the unique biosecurity research capabilities
and facilities at Kansas State University to investigators nationally and
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